Hurworth School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Darlington
Unique reference
136525
Address
Croft Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, DL2 2JG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
666 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
54.8%
Girls
45.2%
First language not English
1.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.3%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.6%
Mixed 4.8%
Other White 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.29
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.6
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.03
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE29
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE34
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
Applied EngineeringGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE124
English LiteratureGCSE124
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hurworth School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
123
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
112
2nd preference
57
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
112
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
144
82
62
Year 8
133
82
51
Year 9
130
62
68
Year 10
135
72
63
Year 11
124
67
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.4%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
33.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
12.0%
13.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
39.0%
39.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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